Andy Serkis Quotes
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If I hear someone say something, and they're 100 per cent about it, then it's almost inevitable that I'll take the opposite view. I guess I feel at odds with things like society. Absolutism is always a trigger for me.
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Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.
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The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation.
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Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.
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People think, 'Oh, well how can 'The Hobbit,' which is one book, become three films?' But you can take one line from an appendice and it turns into a whole sequence.
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Gorillas are still wild creatures. That's made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that are terrifying by design. But they don't attack unless they feel threatened.
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I've done a lot of films that are purely live-action roles, and even if I hadn't come across performance capture as a technology, I think I'd always consider myself a sort of mercurial actor.
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A lot of people have asked me to do answer phone messages for them.
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An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.
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Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.
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I want to link together ancient forms of storytelling and the future.
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Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in one direction.
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Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it.
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I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early. They're certainly the best for visual stuff and film-directing.
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The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character.
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I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation.
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In terms of animation, animators are actors as well. They are fantastic actors. They have to draw from how they feel emotionally about the beat of a scene that they're working on. They work collaboratively.
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If 'The Hobbit' happens - and there's reason to believe that it will - then I think I'm in with a chance! Gollum is very much part of 'The Hobbit,' after all.
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I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.
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I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.
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I play saxophone, I play tenor sax.
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When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.
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I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went really badly.
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If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or devastating - what a live-action performance does.